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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · 27/03/2026

UKSG is coming up next week and I’m looking forward to it! It’s always such a great opportunity to catch up with friends and make new ones! I’m also going to be talking about some of my initial results from my PhD research… no pressure 😱

A small advertising poster that reads - looking back to look forward, what is the real-world impact of open access on our libraries - and has the banner UKSG 49th annual conference along the top

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LaurieWired @lauriewired.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

CPUs are getting worse.   We’ve pushed the silicon so hard that silent data corruptions (SDCs) are no longer a theoretical problem.   Mercurial Cores are terrifying because they don’t hard-fail; they produce rare, but *incorrect* computations!

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 23/08/2025

therapist: what brings you calm? Me:

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

A few months ago, UCL hosted its first ever Replication Games📝 💡Three teams working together to reproduce the results of a published paper in one day - how hard could it be? Read on to find out how it went 👉 buff.ly/OpHgiTk #Reproducibility #OpenScience #ResearchData

A classroom, in which several people are sat around two desks with laptops in front of them. Some are looking at their laptop screen and others are looking at each other, as though they are discussing something.

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · 06/07/2025

Happy 16th Wedding Anniversary to my partner in crime and greatest support @archwubs.bsky.social - thanks for putting up with me! Pics of then and now, time flies!

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

Panel one: Two scientists stand beside a complex apparatus. One says:
“We can't be sure of the outcome until we start the machine, but I know it will give us a new and unusual perspective on our world.”
The second scientist flicks a switch.

Panel two: “Well, this is rather more new and unusual than I had expected.” The scientists are now within the speech bubble and the speech is outside it.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 10/05/2025

I think about this comic at least once a week

- I want things to be different
- *smashes everything*
- oh no

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · 06/04/2025

I have written a few thoughts about the recent #UKSG2025 conference, including the sessions I was involved in, the sessions that spoke to me particularly and some other general ramblings: www.kirstywallis.com/blog/uksg-20...

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UKSG 2025 - Oh we do like to be beside the seaside…! — Kirsty Wallis

In this post I wanted to take a moment to stop and reflect on the conference and some of the learning as well as the experience overall. I was pretty busy during the conference, with not one but two s...

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · 30/03/2025

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside… ⛱️☀️🍦 Successfully arrived in, and had a good explore of lovely Brighton in advance of #UKSG2025 starting tomorrow.

Happy me with headphones and a giant soft serve ice cream. There is a carousel in the background.

Brighton Royal Pavilion entrance. Columns adorn the front and there are Indian style domes on the roof. The path in front is painted with swirls of blue, pink, yellow and green

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · 01/04/2025

A little late but thanks to everyone that joined our workshop at #UKSG2025 yesterday, some great discussions! And as promised for those interested but with clashing sessions… our announcement? We are founding a new network interested in supporting citizen science supporters!! 🥳🎉

A slide announcing a UK Network Supporting Citizen Science
This is a New initiative supporting groups and individuals interested in growing support for Citizen Science at their institutions.
Intent to enable discussion of successes and challenges, and the growth of a community of practice.

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · 02/04/2025

I have been collecting stickers and badges during the conference and I love it!! #UKSG2025

A conference lanyard that reads UKSG, Kirsty Wallis, UCL. It has a pale blue sticker that says NLISN and a yellow opening the future sticker. On the bottom of the name tag is a flag that reads speaker in gold letters. On the lanyard strap are three badges, ebook sos, the book whisperer, and one which reads ‘I’m a librarian, what’s your superpower’

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 13/03/2025

Mike spotted this before the rest of us. 🫡 Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter.

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ArchWubs @archwubs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Meet “Looseheifer”, the doorstop. Many puns included.

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ArchWubs @archwubs.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Great afternoon out in Canterbury, finished up at The Foundry. Caught a pretty exciting game of Rugby. Some pics from previous visits below.

A bottle of Canterbury Brewers and Distillers Gamecock Rum.

A pint of Red Rye and a double Apple Pie Moonshine, from Canterbury Brewers and Distillers. Our favourite drinks.

A burger and pie at The Foundry, with vegetables, chips and slaw.

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ArchWubs @archwubs.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Enjoyed date-night yesterday at The Pound. One of our favourite local spots to hang out. Some great memories across the years…

Two burgers with sides at The Pound bar in Canterbury. Part of their tasty new RAD Burger collab.

View out of The Pound’s modern glass-box bar, built into the side of the incredible Westgate Towers.

A fancy stand-lamp in The Pound bar. Part of the well designed and atmospheric evening lighting.

Cocktails in The Pound bar. Some of the best local drinks.

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ArchWubs @archwubs.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Cold but still captivating.

Looking down to Canterbury City from the University of Kent campus, on an especially frosty morning. The sunrise is largely bright but partially hidden behind a streak of dark, low, cloud, extending to the right. Canterbury Cathedral spires are visible popping up through the haze - as always. Long, dark, winter shadows of the local tree-line extend into the foreground.

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ArchWubs @archwubs.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Relative of a Canterbury Cathedral Lego model-maker. So much history and effort invested in these. Sometimes seen in public. :)

Lego Canterbury Cathedral, with internal lighting on a residential dining room table.

Lego Canterbury Cathedral, on a residential dining room table.

Our Lego Canterbury Cathedral, viewed from an exhibition at Canterbury Christchurch University with the real Canterbury Cathedral behind. Exceptional!

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ArchWubs @archwubs.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Tell your friends - Bluesky. :)

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Microsoft @microsoft.com · 04/04/1975

We've always been a fan of blueskies.

Originally the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP, this photo shows green rolling hills with a vibrant blue sky and white clouds in the background. Charles O'Rear took the photo in California, USA.

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ArchWubs @archwubs.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Testing out the new heating in Floc. (Photos from a while back)

A golden pint of beer in the pub “Floc” backlit by the sun, earlier in 2024.

Two pizzas, from Floc’s new in-house pizza restaurant.

Huge stainless steel tanks, around the perimeter of Floc’s brewing floor. A canning machine sits in the middle. All brightly lit in stark contrast to the bar area just behind the camera.

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ArchWubs @archwubs.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Some high-end Nikon glass shots from my collection.

Iguana head closeup, clinging to a rock in a heated vivarium.

A bright bird, possibly a parakeet, in focus with the background blurred heavily.

Penguin as seen from underwater, thanks to the aquarium window, diving.

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ArchWubs @archwubs.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Posting some of my faves that were only previously published in the old place.

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ArchWubs @archwubs.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Hello @kirstywallis.com welcome to the land of verified domains on Bluesky. 😁

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ArchWubs @archwubs.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Will never get tired of that view.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer. Morning.

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ArchWubs @archwubs.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Well here we are. Growing at an incredible rate.

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